Physical workload and work capacity across occupational groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Brighenti Zogg, Stefanie ^a,b   Mundwiler, Jonas ^a,c   Schüpbach, Ulla ^a   Dieterle, Thomas ^a,d   Wolfer, David Paul ^b,e   Leuppi, Jörg Daniel ^a,d   Miedinger, David ^d,f  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RETURN TO WORK; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84967285733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154073     Document Type: Article

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